[1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is contained within central Milwaukee County, including parts of near-west Milwaukee and southeast Wauwatosa.

It contains the Milwaukee neighborhoods Washington Heights and Sherman Park and includes landmarks such as the Miller Brewing Company and Washington Park.

[2] The district is represented by Democrat Margaret Arney, since January 2025.

[6] The district has remained in the same vicinity, but has crept slightly south and west in redistrictings since 1972.

Though, with the exception of the court-ordered 1982 redistricting, which stretched the district into West Allis and Greenfield,[7] it has otherwise remained entirely within the city limits of Milwaukee on the north side of Interstate 94.